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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dinesen feel about this period of her life (mid-1920s)?
(a) It was a time of good and bad.
(b) It was a pleasant time.
(c) It was the high point of her life.
(d) It was a time she would like to forget.

2. Dinesen never wanted to be like _________________.
(a) the other women in her family.
(b) her childhood friends.
(c) the women at church.
(d) her friends' mothers.

3. Dinesen's stories about Bjornvig in the 1950s were about _______________________.
(a) love without sex.
(b) platonic friends.
(c) the collision of geniuses.
(d) soul mates.

4. What format did Dinesen gravitate toward in the 1950s?
(a) Television.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Radio.

5. When did Dinesen return to the coffee plantation after the trip with Denys?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1935.

6. What did Dinesen help with during the war?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The Resistance Movement.
(c) The United Nations.
(d) News reporting.

7. When Dinesen was in her 70s, she was ___________________.
(a) thin and pale.
(b) vivacious.
(c) active.
(d) near death.

8. What disease was Dinesen suffering from when she left Africa?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Tuberculosis.

9. What was the result of the disease's impact on Dinesen?
(a) She became very thin.
(b) She went insane.
(c) She had to have oxygen.
(d) She was crippled.

10. Which of the following was NOT something that made Bjornvig leave Dinesen?
(a) Her criticism.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her mood swings.
(d) Her manipulations.

11. How closely did Dinesen's stories parallel events and people in her own life?
(a) They were exactly alike.
(b) They were very similar.
(c) They were not alike at all.
(d) A few were similar.

12. Unresolved conflicts in Dinesen's life created ____________________.
(a) her mood swings.
(b) her business failure.
(c) her suicide attempt.
(d) her divorce.

13. With what did Dinesen struggle throughout her life?
(a) Power.
(b) Weight.
(c) Love.
(d) Money.

14. When she was 50, Dinesen struggled with feelings associated with ___________________.
(a) death.
(b) menopause.
(c) poverty.
(d) illness.

15. Why did Germany come down hard on Denmark during the war?
(a) They ignored Hitler's demands.
(b) Their soldiers were ill-trained.
(c) It refused to support Germany.
(d) There were hardly any Jews left there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dinesen's family help her do that was a positive thing?

2. People around Dinesen interpreted her drug-induced ramblings as __________________.

3. What was Dinesen forced to do in December of 1930?

4. What caught Denys' attention in 1930?

5. What topic did Thomas suggest for Dinesen's writing during this period?

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